Background Hamstring injuries remain a substantial problem in male football. Proximal neuromuscular control (‘core stability’) is considered to be of key importance in hamstring injury prevention, ...

Background: The reason for the higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury from non-contact mechanisms in female athletes is not known. Stability of the joint from dynamic restraints occurs ...

Prolonged sedentary behaviour is detrimental to health due to low contractile activity in large lower extremity muscle groups. This muscle inactivity can be measured with electromyography (EMG), but ...

This was a descriptive cohort study of healthy males from a single professional rugby union club. A CT scan of each participant's dominant knee was acquired. Participants then performed two step-ups ...

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate whether hamstring-quadriceps co-activation altered knee joint motion and limited ACL elongation during a step-up task. Although preliminary, the ...